Section 326IAC8-7-10. Control system monitoring, record keeping, and reporting

   (a) Sources that choose to meet the emission limit requirements of section 3 of this rule with the use of a control device or devices shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate, according to the manufacturer’s specification, the following monitoring equipment unless an alternative monitoring procedure has been approved by the department:

(1) If a thermal incinerator is used for VOC reduction, a temperature monitoring device capable of continuously recording the temperature of the gas stream in the combustion zone of the incinerator shall be used. The temperature monitoring device shall have an accuracy of one percent (1%) of the temperature being measured in degrees centigrade or plus or minus five-tenths degree Centigrade (+ 0.5°C), whichever is greater.

(2) If a catalytic incinerator is used for VOC reduction, a temperature device capable of continuously recording the temperature in the gas stream immediately before and after the catalyst bed of the incinerator shall be used. The temperature monitoring device shall have an accuracy of one percent (1%) of the temperature being measured in degrees centigrade plus or minus five-tenths degree Centigrade (+ 0.5°C), whichever is greater.

(3) If a carbon adsorber is used to remove and recover VOC from the gas stream, a VOC monitoring device capable of continuously recording the concentration level of VOC at the outlet of the carbon bed shall be used. The monitoring device shall be based on a detection principle such as infrared, photoionization, or thermal conductivity.

(4) Where a VOC recovery device other than a carbon adsorber is used, the source shall provide to the department information describing the operation of the device and the process parameters which would indicate proper operation and maintenance of the control device. The department may request further information and will specify appropriate monitoring procedures and reporting requirements.

  (b) Sources subject to the requirements of this section shall maintain the following records:

(1) A log of the operating time of the facility and the facility’s capture system, control device, and monitoring equipment.

(2) A maintenance log for the capture system, the control device, and the monitoring equipment detailing all routine and nonroutine maintenance performed. The log shall include the dates and duration of any outages of the capture system, the control device, or the monitoring system.

(3) The following additional records shall be maintained for facilities using thermal incinerators:

(A) Continuous records of the temperature in the gas stream in the combustion zone of the incinerator.

(B) Records of all three (3) hour periods of operation for which the average combustion temperature of the gas stream in the combustion zone was more than fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50°F) below the combustion zone temperature which existed during the most recent compliance test that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance.

(4) The following additional records shall be maintained for facilities using catalytic incinerators:

(A) Continuous records of the temperature of the gas stream both upstream and downstream of the catalyst bed of the incinerator.

(B) Records of all three (3) hour periods of operation for which the average temperature measured at the process vent stream immediately before the catalyst bed is more than fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50°F) below the average temperature of the process vent stream which existed during the most recent compliance test that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance.

(C) Records of all three (3) hour periods of operation for which the average temperature difference across the catalyst bed is less than eighty percent (80%) of the temperature difference measured during the most recent compliance test that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance.

(5) The following additional records shall be maintained for facilities using carbon adsorbers:

(A) Continuous records of the VOC concentration level or reading in the exhaust stream of the carbon adsorber.

(B) Records of all three (3) hour periods of operation during which the average VOC concentration level or reading in the exhaust gas is more than twenty percent (20%) greater than the average exhaust gas concentration level or reading measured by the organic monitoring device during the most recent determination of the recovery efficiency of the carbon adsorber that demonstrated that the facility was in compliance.

(6) Facilities using VOC recovery devices other than carbon adsorbers shall maintain the monitoring records and meet the reporting requirements specified by subsection (a)(4).

(7) Information requirements in subdivisions (3)(B), (4)(B), (4)(C), and (5)(B) shall be submitted to the department within thirty (30) days of occurrence. The following information shall accompany the submittal:

(A) The name and location of the facility.

(B) Identification of the control system where the excess emission occurred and the facility it served.

(C) The time, date, and duration of the exceedance.

(D) Corrective action taken.

(Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 8-7-10; filed Dec 22, 1994, 11:45 a.m.: 18 IR 1229; errata filed Dec 12, 2002, 3:35 p.m.: 26 IR 1568)